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Generate a datmatrix label from input
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
# /// script | |
# requires-python = ">=3.11" | |
# dependencies = [ | |
# "ppf.datamatrix", | |
# "reportlab", | |
# "setuptools", | |
# ] | |
# /// | |
import argparse | |
from io import BytesIO | |
from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas | |
from sys import stdin, stdout | |
from ppf.datamatrix.datamatrix import DataMatrix | |
padding_pct = 15 | |
width = 1.0 | |
height = 1.0 | |
units = "inches" | |
INCHES_TO_POINTS = 72 | |
def draw_barcode(c: Canvas, width: float, height: float, value: str): | |
dmtx = DataMatrix(value).matrix | |
rows = len(dmtx) | |
px = width * (1 - (2*padding_pct) / 100) / rows | |
initial = padding_pct / 100 * height | |
y = height - initial | |
for row in dmtx: | |
x = initial | |
for col in row: | |
if col: | |
c.rect(x, y, px, -px, fill=1, stroke=0) | |
x += px | |
y -= px | |
c.showPage() | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument("infile", nargs="?", type=argparse.FileType("r"), default=stdin.buffer) | |
parser.add_argument( | |
"outfile", nargs="?", type=argparse.FileType("wb"), default=stdout | |
) | |
parser.add_argument( | |
"--width", type=float, default=width, help="width in %s" % units | |
) | |
parser.add_argument( | |
"--height", type=float, default=height, help="height in %s" % units | |
) | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
w = args.width * INCHES_TO_POINTS | |
h = args.height * INCHES_TO_POINTS | |
io = BytesIO() | |
c = Canvas(io, pagesize=(w, h)) | |
c.setFillColorRGB(0, 0, 0) | |
for line in args.infile: | |
draw_barcode(c, w, h, line.strip()) | |
c.save() | |
args.outfile.write(io.getbuffer()) | |
args.infile.close() | |
args.outfile.close() |
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